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Texas 2005 ballot measures

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2007
2003

In 2005, voters decided on nine statewide ballot measures in Texas on November 8.

On the ballot

November 8, 2005

Type Title Subject Description Result Yes Votes No Votes

LRCA

Proposition 1 Budgets; Transportation Establish Texas rail fund for relocation and improvements using state revenue and debt.

Approveda

1,112,718 (54%)

956,350 (46%)

LRCA

Proposition 2 LGBTQ; Family Define marriage as solely between one man and one woman and prohibit the establishment or recognition of similar legal statuses.

Approveda

1,723,782 (76%)

536,913 (24%)

LRCA

Proposition 3 Economic investment Ensure that local economic development program loans or grants not secured by ad valorem taxes or financed by bonds do not constitute debt.

Approveda

1,025,173 (52%)

952,998 (48%)

LRCA

Proposition 4 Bail Allow denial of bail to a criminal defendant who breaches safety-related release conditions.

Approveda

1,813,290 (85%)

322,168 (15%)

LRCA

Proposition 5 Business Authorize the legislature to exempt commercial loans from state usury laws, establishing maximum interest rates.

Defeated

880,379 (43%)

1,147,628 (57%)

LRCA

Proposition 6 Judiciary Expand the State Commission on Judicial Conduct from 11 to 13 members, adding one public member and one constitutional county court judge.

Approveda

1,246,127 (63%)

744,585 (37%)

LRCA

Proposition 7 Business Authorize line-of-credit advances under reverse mortgages for senior homeowners.

Approveda

1,201,740 (60%)

809,839 (40%)

LRCA

Proposition 8 Property Clear individual land titles by releasing all claims of state ownership interests Upshur and Smith counties.

Approveda

1,153,241 (61%)

729,392 (39%)

LRCA

Proposition 8 Term limits Authorize staggered six-year terms for regional mobility authority board members, appointing no more than one-third of positions every two years.

Defeated

913,358 (47%)

1,043,525 (53%)


See also

Texas

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